Mark Souder: “The company, Wieland, the private sector company. Even though they have to follow all the laws that my colleagues…”

“The company, Wieland, the private sector company. Even though they have to follow all the laws that my colleagues alluded to, they sell it cheaper. And because they can sell it cheaper, that would save taxpayers money in the Defense Department, at universities, in government offices, in anyplace else that Federal Prison Industries is doing it, we would save taxpayer dollars if you bought from the private sector. Not only that, it is built better. They are selling it cheaper. It last longer. So you save money because you do not have to repurchase the goods. The sofas hold together. The tables hold together. You have now the combination of not only the immediate prices being cheaper, but the long-term cost of the value, even to the government and any agency buying it, increased exponentially, because you do not have to replace it. The wear and tear is not there. You do not have to repurchase.”